Panini football stickers

[Lady Whistledown]

Along the lines of the Transformers thread, who collected these things?

I had an almost complete Mexico 86 collection, and my primary school banned them as there were so many playground fights over stickers.

I always ended up with dozens of duplicates of players nobody ever wanted like Terry Fenwick, and obscure Denmark reserve goalkeepers with a bad moustaches.

It was the ultimate form of cheating to send off to Panini for the last few missing Hugo Sanchez's, Emilio Butraguenos and Iraqi centre halves.

 

[Seagullible]

got the panini albums from 83-89 and always remember getting Gary Micklewhite for Derby and Cyrille Regis for Villa in their thousands

 

[REDLAND]

i have a almost complete 2002 world cup one, and a box of swapsies in my draw right here !!

any one need some swapsies

 

[Gritt23]

Would be fun to start collecting again, maybe next summers Euro Championships. We could meet up before games to do "swaps".

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Redland - I have a complete 2002 World Cup one, and some swaps, if you need to complete your set.

I also have a much cherishes Football '80 set (complete), with BHAFC in there.

 

[Gritt23]

I have complete sets of 80, 82 and 83, all with Brighton teams in there.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

"I will swap you four Robert Rosarios, Dale Gordan, Ian Ormenrod and a two Brian Kilcines for the Liverpool shiney"

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Have a complete France 1998 one. Always liked the stick somebody elses head on somebody elses body in a club shirt sticker.

 

[Wozza]

Panini can't do an English/Premiership sticker book anymore, can they? Lost a court case a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Brixtaan]

i wondered why it had all packed up.The demand must be greater than ever.

 

[Captain Sensible]

Brilliant, 1985-86 sticker collection. Sent off to finish it. I know that is sort of cheating but i'd spent loads of pocket money and even nicked stickers out of the paper shop at Fiveways! But one thing I still don't understand is that about a week after finishing it, the Mexico 1986 Collection came out and I threw the old one away!?! Why would I do that after spending 10 months filling it with stickers. With the Mexico 86 edition I was always getting Bryan Robson and had him slapped all over my A-Team lunchbox. The best thing about panini stickers was swapsy's in the play ground. "I'll give you Viv Anderson and Andy Grey for the Aberdeen Team Badge". Class.

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

I've got a completed 1970-71 season album, which was given to me as a birthday (ie the day of my birth!) present. It's got Celtic and Feyenoord in it aswell as the English teams, 'coz they contested the UEFA Cup Final or something.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Panini always said they printed equal numbers of all stickers - that can't be true. I had 17 Willie Millers and no Liverpool teams.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

It was a definite fix by Panini. I had dozens of Kenny Sansom and Gary Bailey .

I have a feeling Steve Penney or Danny Wilson might have been featured in the NI team, as they put the albums together so far in advance, half the players in each time never made the final squad.

Iraq and Canada also made that 86 World Cup, which seems odd now. And how we laughed at the Korean defender, Cha Bum Kun.

 

[Captain Sensible]

Mexico 86 was the best one. But italia 90 was good aswell.

Which do you think was better?;

Or

 

[Theatre of Trees]

I think they made equal numbers but sent them disproportionately to different areas, which explains why I had hundreds of Hugh Sproats in the 1977-78 season.

And who did he play for?

 

[Dunkstar]

I completed the USA 94 one but i was more of a merlin man myself!

 

[Scotty Mac]

merlin, now we're talking!

i got premier league 95 and 99 completed! i also got the panini world cup 98 one done, and a euro 96 one, but can't remember who did that!

 

[Dunkstar]

I completed the 93,94 and 95 prem merlin albums!Interest dwained after that!Women you see!

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Hmm...Mexico or Italy? I dont remember Mexico but doubt it could compete with the unrivalled joy of finding a Omanbieke or Macanaki, Scilatchi or Gascoigne in your packet.


Did anyone used to 'feel' for hardness so you got a shiney? Or kiss it before you opened them for luck?